Word: spectors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Donovan's output represents a trend in the industry that troubles even some insiders--namely, the lack of truly thoughtful games or any with emotional resonance. "Our plots are all power fantasies for 14-year-old boys," says Warren Spector, creator of the conspiracy-theory game Deus Ex. "Why is our business so firmly rooted in adolescent nonsense? Does every game have to be the equivalent of a Bruckheimer production? Where is our Lost in Translation...
PLEADED NOT GUILTY. PHIL SPECTOR, 63, legendary record producer best known for creating the "wall of sound"; to one count of felony murder in the shooting death of B-movie actress-model Lana Clarkson; in Alhambra, Calif. If convicted, Spector could face life in prison...
...DIED. BOBBY HATFIELD, 63, tenor who was half of the "blue-eyed soul" duo the Righteous Brothers, whose song You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' is one of the most played in U.S. radio history; in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Under producer Phil Spector, the group stood out as white artists in a genre dominated by black musicians. The duo's hits included Unchained Melody and (You're My) Soul and Inspiration. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year...
...Corrections Our story on rock-music pioneer Phil Spector and the shooting death of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson [Feb. 17] said Spector had been charged with murder. Although Spector was arrested as part of a murder investigation, he was not formally charged with any crime...
...recent interview with a British journalist, Spector disclosed that he has been taking medication for "schizophrenia" and often battled the "devils inside [my] tortured soul." Still, the arrest was a shock to many who felt Spector had mellowed. "The last three years, he's been as straight as any guy could be," says his friend Marvin Mitchelson, the divorce attorney. Adds a music exec who knows Spector: "I would have expected this 20 or 30 years...